European Union

EU And China Will Work Together On 5G Networks

EU and Chinese government sign deal that will see joint research and standardisation efforts

9 years ago

European Commission Opens Telecoms, Broadband Consultations

The EC said it is looking for comment on how to shape the future of telecoms and broadband regulation

9 years ago

BT To Provide EU With Voice Services For Next Seven Years

BT Global Services extends relationship with the European Commission with second contract win of 2015

9 years ago

Three British Firms Involved In Google EU Antitrust Case

Sources reveal full list of official Google antitrust complainants, which include British mapping and price comparison sites

10 years ago

BBC To Publish List Of ‘Forgotten’ Links

Stories were removed by Google under the EU's controversial 'Right to be Forgotten' law

10 years ago

News Corp Boss Lambasts Google, Urges EU Crackdown

The boss of News Corp alleges the search engine is a "platform for piracy"

10 years ago

EU Offers Finance And Support For Community Broadband Projects

EU invites proposals for support and funding from broadband organisations as it seeks to improve superfast coverage

10 years ago

EU Could Force Apple To Accept Universal Charger

EU committee votes to end 'mobile chaos' by introducing universal charger

11 years ago

EC Says Just 1 in 4 Europeans Has Access To 4G

Neelie Kroes says Europe is falling behind in 4G race and rural LTE is non-existent

11 years ago

EU Votes For Tougher Cyber Crime Penalties

Proposals suggest three years minimum jail time for running a botnet

11 years ago

European Court Says Google Is Not Responsible For Deleting Personal Data

An adviser to the European Court of Justice says Google cannot be held responsible

11 years ago

EU Heralds Open Data Boom After Parliament Votes For New Rules

Open data rules set to be enshrined in law by 2015

11 years ago

EU Urged To Kick Off ‘Hacking Back’ Discussions

Two security giants call on the EC to talk about hacking back, but Brussels isn't convinced

11 years ago

Report: EC Trade Chief Mulls China Telecoms Probe

The European Commissioner for Trade wants to investigate ZTE and Huawei

11 years ago

Graphene Flagged As EU Research Priority

The European Commission has chosen graphene as a research priority and pledged a £864m research grant

12 years ago

Google Submits EU Antitrust Settlement Proposal

Google has reportedly submitted its proposals to settle the European Union's antitrust concerns

12 years ago

European Commission Backtracks On Net Neutrality

Neelie Kroes encourages the introduction of cheap, “limited” broadband connections

12 years ago

EC Says Google Antitrust Investigation Won’t Be Affected By FTC Green Light

Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says he is convinced Google is abusing dominant position

12 years ago

Google Close To EU Antitrust Agreement

Google is reportedly close to reaching an agreement with the European Union to resolve its antitrust issues

12 years ago

Pan-European Academic Network Receives Terabit Upgrade

Fast enough to download a Blu-Ray in under two seconds

12 years ago

European Project Probes Attitudes To Privacy

European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers

13 years ago

Google Privacy Policy Could Violate EU Law

French data authority expresses deep concerns over the protection of user data and asks Google to suspend implementation

13 years ago

3UK Tells Vaizey To Veto Weak EU Roaming Cuts

Communications Minister Vaizey is told that under European travellers could pay more for data roaming than the trip itself

13 years ago

Kroes Wants Private-Public European Cyber Security Partnership

The EU's Neelie Kroes says protection of the Internet is necessary for Europe's economic future

13 years ago

EU Launches Investigation Into Samsung Patent Claims

The European Union is to investigate claims that Samsung is abusing its position as owner of patents for essential 3G…

13 years ago

Kroes Promises EU Cloud Strategy – Based On Angry Birds?

EU Internet Champion Neelie Kroes wants to unify regulations across Europe's states, so we can all play nicely

13 years ago

New EU Data Privacy Rules Will Give More Power To Regulators

Firms must repoert data breaches and could be fined up to one percent of their global revenues

13 years ago

Healthy EU And US Data Protection For Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft says its Office 365 cloud platform now conforms to European Union and HIPAA privacy regulations

13 years ago

EC Looks To Impose Massive Data Breach Fines

The European Commission is to demand the power to fine companies for data breaches under new reforms

13 years ago